Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15582, John Gage, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Gage, John
S. 15582
CONTENTS
Carded

John Eagle - in name of John Gage since altered to John Gage
Trans. Wd. 10. Oct 1837 Wd to Rev. Aged 10 Oct 1837 return to Hon. T. Corwin 14 Feb 1838 Same person to April 1838.
Certificate of marriage (Christy) W. Gray guardian of John Gage the original having been cancelled 2 May 1838.
To Ohio from H. Sept 1834 2 May 1838.
Letter to B. Auditor 20 June 38 Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 for 4 Sept 1834 to 4 Sept 1837. ago Notified 26 June 1838
A.P. (94) July 20/58
Ohio 17-349.  Rev. John Gage John Gage of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey who was a private in the Corp commanded by Captain Freeman of the Regt commanded by Col. Brows on the New Jersey line for 2 yrs.
Entered on the Roll of New Jersey rate of 80 Dollars 62 1/2 Cents per ann. commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
rate of Pension issued the 17 day of Aug. 1838 and by J. T. Randolph M.C. present
  Arrears to the 4th of Mar. 34  $ 160    Semi-ant. allowance ending 1 Sept 37  40     $200  
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. J. C. Steele Clerk, Recorded by Book 6 Vol. 3 Page 112

State of New Jersey Middlesex County p
On this thirteenth  seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & thirty two personally appeared he in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of common Pleas in & for the County of Middlesex & State of New Jersey being a court of Record & now sitting John Gage a resident in in the Township of Woodbridge in said County of Middlesex who being first duly sworn accor- ding to law & examined & interrogation accordin- g to the instructions from the war department doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of an act the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832.
That is to say, That he was born in the Town- ship of Woodbridge in the County & State aforesaid and that he has ever since resided in the same place (except that he made a so tour to the State of Ohio & remained  was there about two years, for the purpose of seeing his friends & relatives) after which he returned & has ever since lived in his native place) That his birth was recorded in His Fathers family bible, and from which record, he says that he was born in November 1762. That he was enrolled in the year 1778 when he was 16 years of age & performed his regular tours of duty in the Militia service, as well as upon all many other special occasions, in the United States service, that he served under Captain Matthew Freeman in Col. Crows regiment, performing his regular tours of duty, and that he served under Capt.

As her F Randolph stationed part of the time at Timothy Bloomfield's in the township of Woodbridge & part of the time in the village of Woodbridge & that he served under Capt. Freeman when Spring field was burnt he also served under Capt. Freeman when the battle was fought near Elizabeth Town; and that he was taken prisoner by a party of British army from Staten Island and at the same time one Joseph Baron was taken with him & both were carried to Staten Island & paroled by Col. Billings who was then a British officer & remained under parole until the peace took place in 1783. and that the Clergyman Asiel Roe of his Diocese that with whom he was acquainted, died some time ago, and that he knows no other Clergyman, and that he is very well acquainted with Joseph Gagefield and John Smalley who can testify to his veracity & their belief as a soldier in the revolutionary war, and he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pen- sion or annuity except the present one declared that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state - John Gage Sworn & subscribed to { and that he actually done in open court the day { more than two years year aforesaid } actual service & duty John Gage Thos Hance, Judge

Adm d 24 mo - pre 80 $
at that time offers are available

Supplemental declaration of John Gage an officer for a pension named in paper number 13,136.
State of New Jersey
Middlesex county, ss. Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in the said county John Gage who being duly sworn on his oath deponeth & saith that by reason of old age & the consequent feebleness of memory, but of sound mind he cannot swear positively to the precise time & length of all his services yet he saith, to the best of his recollection he served not less than the period below mentioned in the following grade & has always acted in the capacity of a private. He attained the age of fifteen years in November 1778 shortly after the battle of Monmouth I was regularly enrolled in the militia of New Jersey I was thus entered into the service of the United States I was drafted & elapsed I ordered out & served one month in December 1778 under Captain Matthew Freeman I was stationed near Fort Taren in the township of Woodbridge guarding the lines & engaged in watching the plundering parties of the enemy. In the year 1779 he was ordered out regularly I served six tours of one month each under the same officer Captain Freeman I attached to Col. Hoon's regiment I was quartered at the Woodbridge station, engaged in scouts & guarding the lines. In addition to this regular service he served this year two months, on alarm & special occasions in the eastern part of the state under Captain Freeman subject to the command of Col. Hoon in arresting the foraging parties of the enemy - preserving the families & property of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the enemy - then on Staten Island. In 1780 he was regularly ordered out & elapsed as before served six months in six tours of a month each under Capt. Asahel S. Randolph I was stationed in

Woodbridge station guarding the lines & patrolling along from Amboy to below Mettler - It was under Col. Leon & Genl. Edgar. In the Summer of this year was marched towards Elizabeth Town at the time Knyphausen landed at the point I was at Connecticut Farms at the time the Claymore's house was burnt in that vicinity & his wife he thinks inhumanely shot, he was not in the main engagement at Springfield but was in that vicinity & watched. There was a very severe skirmish with the enemy at Elizabeth Town & a severe contest it was. In this year also he served not less than two months in alarms under Capt. Randolph & by his direction was engaged in scouts & watching the enemy in the eastern part of the state. In 1781 he was ordered out as before I served during this year six regular tours of one month each order - the first two tours under Captain Randolph & the latter four tours under Captain Freeman - The whole under Colonel Leon in his regiment I was at principally between Woodbridge & Elizabeth Town guarding the lines - engaged in scouts by day and by night & in shielding the defenseless families & property of his fellow citizens. He served also this year at least one month under the direction of Captain Randolph I was actively engaged in watch- ing the plundering parties of the enemy. In the year 1782 he was ordered out & served regularly five months in five monthly tours of a month each under Captain Randolph & attached as before to Col. Leon's regiment & stationed at Woodbridge engaged in scouts & guarding the lines and property of his fellow citizens from the depredations of the Tories & the enemy -

I Nicholas Voorhies Clerk of the inferior Court of common Pleas in and for the county of Middlesex now Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original as well as Supplemental proceedings in the case of John Gage an applicant for a pension under the law of 1832 and that Peter P. Ruygen before whom the Supplemental proceedings of John Gage were taken were at the time & state is a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & sworn and that Deborah Potter before whom the affidavits of Joseph Barron and John Smutko were made and who has been certified to the executory of said affidavits and Joseph Sopfield was at the time a Judge of the inferior Court of common Pleas and a Justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned & sworn and that their official acts as such are entitled to full credit, and that the signatures of the said Peter P. Ruygen and Deborah Potter attesting said affidavits are their proper hand writing in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court this Eighteenth day of July A.D. 1833  N Voorhies Clerk
Application of John Gage for a pension under the act of June 1832
Adm d 24 mo - per 80 3/4

West Chester Butler Co. Ohio June 23. 1858.
Sir -
Will you favor me with the information necessary for the establishment of the claim of Abigail Gage widow of John Gage to Pension -
John Gage drew his Pension at Cincinnati, but we do not know under what act or for what Amount -
Very truly A Plost
Hon Sec C Whiting Comm. Pensions Washington D.C.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section.
Q43 October 13, 1923.
F. North Gardner, 192 Freeman St., Woodbridge, N. J.
Sir;
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 15588 , it appears that John Gage was born November 1762 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and while residing there enlisted in 1778 and served as a private, at various times, under Captains Matthew Freeman and Asher F. Randolph in Colonel Crow's New Jersey regiment, and was in an engagement near Elizabethtown, where he was taken prisoner and carried to Staten Island, and there paroled.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17, 1832, while a resident of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey.
In 1835, soldier was living in Washington Township, Warren County, Ohio. The date of soldier's death

is not stated.
In 1858, his widow, Abigail, is referred to. No further family data on file.
From the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 1089, it appears that Amos Nee was born February 28, 1764 in Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, and while residing there enlisted in 1780, after the Battle of Springfield, and served as a private at various times under Captains Matthew Freeman, John Manners and Jonathan Allen in Colonel Crow's New Jersey regiment, until 1783, in all about eighteen months.
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 30, 1833, while living in Woodbridge, Township, New Jersey.
There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

John E. D. Naper for Pension Office.
Hon. Morton HR

"The Court appoint Christy McCray Guardian for John Gage an insane person Said guardian to give bond in five hundred Dollars with William P. Street & John S. Williams his bail (Bond filed & letters issued.)"
The State of Ohio Warren County ss I Jonathan K. Wilds, Clerk of the Court of common pleas for said County do hereby certify that at the February Term 1836 of said Court, Christy McCray was appointed Guardian of John Gage an insane person & that the above is a true copy from the records of said Court of said appointment.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lebanon this 27. th day of March 1838
J. K. Wilds, Clerk

Oct 69
Mr. Evans
J. L. Edmonds here Pension Office N. City H. J. Corron MR

Washington City 7 th Oct. 1837
Sir
John Egan a pensioner under the act of 1832 on the N Army bill, lives now in Ohio 30 miles from City of Cinna, to whom his plan of pay has been transferred to the line agency. Please inform me of the proper procedure to effect his purpose
Yrs &c
Thos. Brown
J. L. Edmondson

Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 22. 1838.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Christy McLeroy, Guardian of John Cage a Pensioner on the Roll of the Ohio Agency, at the rate of eighty Dollars and 50 100 Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the fourth of Sept. 1834 to the fourth of September 1837.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson B. Parrish Comptroller
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

Jan 6th 1873
Dear Friend,
Free
L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
W. City
Alb.

Wiltwyk 12 Feby 1838
Dear Sir
Mr Gage a pensioner on the Vt Army roll has been living some time in on Ohio - He has drawn his pension for a year or two! It will soon be due his pay be transferred to Ohio! Gage is at present insane - who Under your rules is to receive his pension Pray answer me as soon as possible
J L Edwards Esq
Yrs very truly Thobarn

Newton & Banks Pension Office
Sir John Gage under the Act of June 7 1832 was paid to 4 September 1834. his name had been left off as an unclaimed pension for 2 years. from the books of this Agency
I am, very respectfully Your Obedient Servant John Dickinson Pres d
J. L. Edwards Esq

John 99c
Payments to be made at New York by Messrs V. & M. Co Agents for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of
Thomas D. Fisher
New Cal Freight to his guardian
John at New York
W. V. Newcomb Comm. U.S.N.
Recorded in the Pension Of- fice, in Book C. Vol. 1 Page 12 by Robert Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, John Sage of the State of N. Jersey who was a Private in the Revolutionary War is entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th in every year.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this 11 day of Aug one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Signature of Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
Signature of Commissioner of Pensions.

1832 Debit. Paid to 1 th Sept 1833 1834 Credit. Paid to 4 th Chan. 1834 1834 Debit. Paid to 4 th Sept 1834

Woodbridge, N.J., Aug 31st, 1923.
Mr. Washington Gardner, Comm. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
Can you tell me whether you have any data on file in your office as to whether the following men who served in the American Revolution (or their wives) asked or was granted a pension -- any information on their application for pension which may be of help to a descendant in a genealogical way.
Joseph Soper of New Jersey & his son Reuben Soper, both probably of Middlesex or Monmouth County, N.J.

John Gage of New Jersey probably of Middlesex County, New Jersey, - Woodbridge Township. In 1833 he gave evidence in the request for pension of Amos Nye of Woodbridge township Amos Nye's pension is "S 1089".
Thanking you for the information, I am.
Very truly,
F. Worth Gardner.
192 Freeman Street, Woodbridge, N.J.

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15582
INVALID.
File No. 15582
John Faye
Pin Rev W
Act: June 7" 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 138
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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1923-Oct-13-That to J. North Gardner Cust.

John Eage
advised
Hon. J. F. Randolph

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Baga which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? Yes IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? No V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No - see License 5- VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? Yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? Yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? Yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? Yes XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No - see Quere 14 Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? Yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? No - see Quere 16 XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Dear Mr. Price, July, 20 th 1858,
Mr.
Before I can indicate to you under what Act Mrs. Gage, is entitled to a pension it will be necessary for you to inform me of the date of her marriage to John Krafe, who was pensioned under the Act of 7 th June, 1832, @ the rate of $80. per An. Your letter of the 23 rd Ult o , is before me,
A. P. Bay, Esq., West Chester, Butler Co., O

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
We Joseph Sphield and John Smally residing in said County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Sage who has worn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration that we knew him during the revolutionary war & we know also that he served in the Militia of New Jersey that we know him to be a man of truth & believe that he served in the manner in his said declaration mentioned
Sworn & subscribed to in open court the day & year first above mentioned
Geo. Lance, Judge
Joseph Sphield Clerk
X
John Smally
And the said court do hereby certify declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter & after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant was a soldier of the revolution served as he states in the court further certifies that it appears to them that Joseph Sphield and John Smally are residing in the County of Middlesex & that their oaths are to be regarded as credible.
Dated September 13 th 1832
Geo. Lance Robert McChesney Vinton Morandy

I J. Van Arsdale Clerk of the court of common Pleas in & for the County of Somerset in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of John Gage for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the court at this time the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & thirty two 1832 J. J. Van Arsdale Clerk
I Ichabod Potter one of the judges of the court of common Pleas in and for the County of Middlesex in the State of New Jersey do hereby certify that John Smally one of the witnesses whose affidavit is attached to these papers relative the revolutionary services of John Gage & who has also certified under oath with Joseph Fosdick as to their knowledge of Gage's reputation as a revolutionary soldier is a man of very respectable standing in society & that both him and said Fosdick are men of good repute for honesty & truth & that full faith & credence may be given to their testimony In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of June 1833
Ichabod Potter

Joseph Barron, affidavit relation to John Gage revolutionary services of John Gage

State of New Jersey Middlesex County
Personally came before me Ichabod Potter and the Judges of the Court of common pleas in for said County of Middlesex Joseph Barron & being duly sworn saith he is a neighbour of John Gage & was acquainted with him that it is reputed that Gage served as a Militia man in the time of the Revolu- tionary war & has seen him with his firelock & that he this deponent & John Gage were both taken Prisoners the latter part of the war by a party of men from Staten Island then in possession of the British & taken over to Staten Island where Gage & himself were released on parole
Joseph Barron
Subscribed & sworn before me the 11 th day of September 1830
Ichabod Potter
I do hereby certify that Joseph Barron who made the above Affidavit was a man of great respectability & that the utmost confidence may be given to his evidence in all respects as if I have been into his house this 28 th day of June 1833
Ichabod Potter

Deposition of John Miley relative to the revolutionary services of John Gage

State of New Jersey } Middlesex County }
Personally came and appeared before me Ichabod Potter one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County of Middlesex John Smalley & being duly sworn saith that he is near seventy years of age & that he resides in the Township of Piscataway in the County aforesaid & that during the revolutionary war he was drafted into the service of the United States as a Militia man at one time was called to Elizabeth Town when the English Army came over into Jersey he thinks in the Month of June & in December was in the service as aforesaid & was quartered at Woodbridge & that he distinctly recollects seeing John Gage there doing duty in the service as a Militia man but cannot say how long nor what captain commanded him & from the age & informing of the deponent cannot recollect the year when he was in the service altho he does recollect the month but that it was the year when it was said the Pennsylvania line up the nor can he state what officer commanded Subscribed & sworn before me the 11th day of September 1830 John Smalley Ichabod Potter Judge

Stearns Ohio } Warren County }
Before the Undersigned a Justice of the Peace Within and for said County Personally Came Mahlon Elwell and being duly Sworn according to Law did before and say that John Gage is now a President of Warren County Ohio Was formerly of New Jersey that he is 77 years old as reputed and has been reputed a Pennsylvanian
Sworn to and Subscribed before me the said Justice at the County of Warren the 16 th of Feb y 1838 as Witness my hand & Seal
Israel Williams

The State of Ohio Warren County Set.
I Jonathan K Miles, clerk of the Court of common pleas, of said County Certify that John L Williams Esquire whose name is subscribed to the writing, is an acting Justice of the peace in & for said County duly commissioned & sworn into office at such & that to all his official acts full faith & credit are due & ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court at Lebanon this 27 March 1838
J. K. Miles, Clerk

In the Matter of Application of Benjamin M c Dunham & Zachariah Dard for a Jury or Inquest to enquire and decide whether John Gage is insane.
On the 8 th day of Feb. A D 1836 Benjamin M c Dunham and Zach- ariah Dard of the Township of Washington Warren County, Ohio filed their Complaint on appli- -cation in writing setting forth < that they are the friends and acq- -uaintances of John Gage of said Township and that said Gage now is and for some time past has been labouring under Mental Derangement or Insanity and requesting such proceedings in his case as may be warranted by Law. Whereupon on the same day issued a venire to Christy McCoy a Constable of said Township directing him to summon seven Discreet and Disinterested Freeholders of his Township to appear at my office on Monday the 15 th of Feb. next to Enquire into the case of the said John Gage. Also same day issued a Warrant to the said Christy McC c oy Constable as aforesaid directing him to take the body of the said John Gage and have him before me at my office on the said 15 th of Feb. in Order that such Proceedings may be had in his case as the Law requires. On the 15 th of Feb. the said Constable returned the Venire as directed. Enclosed thereon as Jurors Henry Canman William B. Street Thomas Riphart William Guttery William Vandoren William Lache and Robert Cree Seven Discreet and Disinterested Freeholders of said Township and also returned an said Warrant that he had the said John Gage now present the above jurors being Empannelled and sworn proceeded to Examine the case of the said John Gage and returned their verdict as follows that John Gage is an insane Person and incapable in consequence of his illness of Reason to take care of himself or his property but that he ought not to be put in close confinement. Whereupon a Warrant issued to Samuel Bowman & Christy McC c oy Overseers of the Poor directing them to take charge of the Person and Property of the said John Gage.

State of Ohio Warren County
I do hereby certify that the within is a true Copy of the proceedings had before me in the case of John Gage
As witness my hand & seal this 16 th of Feb. A.D. 1838
Joseph Williams
The State of Ohio Wayne County ss.
I Jonathan M. Wilder Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said County do hereby Certify that John M. Williams Esquire before whom the within proceedings were had & who has certified the same is an acting Justice of the peace in for said County duly Commissioned & sworn into office, that his Commission is dated on the fifth day of August 1835 & will expire on the 4 th day of August 1838 that his signature above written is genuine & that to all his official acts full faith & credit are due & ought to be given.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court at Lima this 27 th day of March A.D. 1838
J. M. Wilder Clerk

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Gage, John GRADE Private LINE New York
WARRANT NUMBER 7186 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Nov. 27, 1790
To Thomas Sears, assignee
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.